D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)
A young boy is found wandering without any memory of who he is. A family takes him in and begin to look for clues to help him find his way home... (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Simon Wincer
Written By: Allan Scott, David Ambrose
Starring: Michael McKean, Colleen Camp, Josef Sommer, Mary Beth Hurt, Kathryn Walker, Barret Oliver, Ron Frazier
Genres: Sci-fi, Family/Kids
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D.A.R.Y.L. belongs to 5 collections
1. Psychotronic Film and Video Guides (collaborative: moderated by Gregzilla - 40 stars)
2. The Gentlemen's Guide To Midnight Cinema Podcast (collaborative: moderated by Coheed - 9 stars)
3. Australian director (collaborative: moderated by djross - 2 stars)
4. Psychotronic kids entertainment (collaborative: moderated by HaileyS - 2 stars)
5. Marvin Hamlisch (composer) (collaborative: moderated by djross)
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| Jan 17, 2022 | Ritteh | 80 85th |
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A lot of the ratings here seem to be from an adult's perspective as the re-watched a film from their childhood. That's not the correct way to approach this film. It is not targeted at middle aged adults, it is targeted at kids. And if you were a kid when this came out, you probably loved it then. The rating given here is based on what it is, a fun film for kids in the 80s.
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| Feb 07, 2014 | forehead1 | 40 26th |
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Barret Oliver was a decent little actor in his day, here holding his own in a piece that has an appreciatively unhurried build-up as the young android learns how to interact in the outside world, before descending into lazy, random action guff towards the end. Revisiting a film I enjoyed as a child but hadn't seen for a good 20 years I didn't have a problem sitting through this; but I couldn't recommend it to anybody else.
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| Aug 18, 2011 |  |
hellboy76 | 60 26th |
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More classic 80's fodder. Childhood sentimentality gets it to a 60 but that's being generous. Likable enough actors , familiar robot teen script. Sometimes charming, sometimes boring , sometimes silly, unless its nostaligic you probably aren't going to get anything from this.
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| Feb 08, 2011 |  |
caiman | 65 28th |
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Didn't entertain me as a kid like I was expecting it to.
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| Apr 09, 2009 |  |
Seryxa | 0 15th |
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Muddled sentimental fantasy which doesn't seem to know where it's going.
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| Dec 30, 2008 |  |
irvinejump | 50 34th |
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Another one of those "cute at the time movies". Best not see it again
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| Feb 07, 2008 |  |
Vesey | 76 51st |
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doesn't stand the test of time
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| Aug 26, 2007 |  |
unohav_1 | 55 17th |
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Typical 80's family sci-fi fare. Not awful, but not worth choosing over so many other better family flicks.
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| Aug 14, 2007 |  |
TheDenizen | 50 26th |
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Pretty lame sci fi adventure for children starring that dopey looking kid from The Neverending Story. Forgettable.
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| Aug 14, 2007 |  |
akstanwyck | 75 45th |
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this was well done, lovely story.
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| Aug 14, 2007 |  |
yilb | 60 58th |
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Solidly enjoyable kid movie with swiss cheese plot.
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| Aug 14, 2007 |  |
TheDiceman | 50 35th |
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Not bad childrens Sci Fi adventure.
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| May 19, 2007 |  |
Stain | 40 23rd |
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Stupid sf for kiddies
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| Average Percentile 38.07% from 242 Ratings |  |